Douglas Hannah

Doug is an assistant professor of Strategy & Innovation at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. He has done his doctoral work at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, in the Management Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University, and subsequently worked at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Doug’s specific area of study is strategy and entrepreneurship in technology-based industries like solar, medical devices, and social media. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Prior to his life now, Doug co-founded an environmental advocacy group called the Big Green Bus, worked as an analyst at the Cadmus Group in Boston and as a Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and enjoyed a stint on a wonderful farm in Lesotho.

Education

• PhD, Stanford University, 2016
• MSc, Stanford University, 2009
• BA, Dartmouth College, 2005

Selected Publications

• Hannah, D. (2022). "Getting through a job search with more than just a job", Inside Higher Ed
• Hannah, D. (2022). "How a non-descript box has been saving lives during the pandemic – and revealing the power of grassroots innovation", The Conversation
• Hannah, D., Tidhar, R., Eisenhardt, K. (2021). "Analytic models in strategy, organizations, and management research: A guide for consumers", Strategic Management Journal, 42 (2), 329-360
• Ozcan, P., Hannah, D. (2020). "Forced Ecosystems and Digital Stepchildren: Reconfiguring Advertising Suppliers to Realize Disruptive Social Media Technology", Strategy Science, 5 (3), 193-217
• Lim, S., Hannah, D. (2020). "Pluripotent Digital Ventures and Their Paths to Product-Market Fit in New Markets", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020 (1), 16564-16564
• Hannah, D., Lim, S. (2020). "Pluripotent Digital Ventures and Their Paths to Product-Market Fit in New Markets",
• Hannah, D., Eisenhardt, K. (2019). "Commentary: Bottlenecks, cooperation, and competition in nascent ecosystems", Strategic Management Journal, 40 (9), 1333-1335
• Madsen, T., Rindova, V., Furr, N., Hannah, D., Huang, L., Jacobides, M., Kapoor, R., Lim, S., Menon, A., Teng, N., Zuzul, T. (2019). "Coordinating Stakeholders and Ecosystems in New Industries", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), 11228-11228
• Ott, T., Tidhar, R., Hannah, D. (2019). "Strategy Formation as Solving a Complex and Novel Problem", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), 11227-11227
• Hannah, D., Eisenhardt, K. (2018). "How firms navigate cooperation and competition in nascent ecosystems", Strategic Management Journal, 39 (12), 3163-3192
• Hannah, D. (2018). "Collaborative Strategy and Value Capture in Innovation Ecosystems", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018 (1), 11498-11498
• Hannah, D., Tidhar, R. (2018). "The Value of Formal Models for Management Theory", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018 (1), 11411-11411
• Jacobides, M., Kapoor, R., Eisenhardt, K., Gawer, A., Hannah, D., Ahuja, G. (2018). "Shaping Sectors, Changing Architectures, Constructing Ecosystems", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018 (1), 12100-12100
• Hannah, D., Zhu, F., Adner, R., Baldwin, C., Kretschmer, T., Posen, H., Wu, B. (2017). "Building Better Theory with Formal Models (It's All Greek to Me)", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017 (1), 11702-11702
• Eisenhardt, K., Bremner, R., Hannah, D. (2017). Firm strategy in business ecosystems."Collaborative Strategy Critical Issues for Alliances and Networks", Edward Elgar Publishing
• Hannah, D., Bremner, R. (2016). "Resource Redeployment in Business Ecosystems", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016 (1), 14169-14169
• Hannah, D. (2015). "Origins and Outcomes of Strategy in Nascent Ecosystems", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015 (1), 13330-13330
• Hannah, D., Piezunka, H. (2014). "Competition in the Search for Innovation: Getting Ahead by Falling Behind", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014 (1), 13211-13211
• Hannah, D. (2013). "Puzzles or Pieces: Competition in Nascent System Industries", Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 (1), 14988-14988
• (2012). "Ion B. Vasi: Winds of Change: The Environmental Movement and the Global Development of the Wind Energy Industry", Administrative Science Quarterly, 57 (2), 359-362
• Hannah, D."One way to build more resilient medical supply chains in the US",

Awards And Honors

• 2022, Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professors, Poets & Quants
• 2022, Emerging Scholar in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Industry Studies Association
• 2020, McCombs Award for Teaching Innovation, University of Texas at Austin
• 2019, Faculty Honor Roll, University of Texas at Austin
• 2019, Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award, Runner-up
• 2018, Trammell/CBA Foundation Teaching Award for Assistant Professors
• 2018, Faculty Honor Roll, University of Texas at Austin
• 2017, Faculty Honor Roll, University of Texas at Austin
• 2017, Industry Studies Association Dissertation Award
• 2017, INFORMS TIMES Section Dissertation Award
• 2017, AOM ENT Division Heizer Dissertation Award, Runner-up
• 2016, Faculty Honor Roll, University of Texas at Austin